Month: December 2010
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Urge Lawmakers to Pass Marcellus Shale Drilling Bill Out of Subcommittee
Last month the Joint Legislative Interim Judiciary Subcommittee A introduced a draft bill establishing a new regulatory program for gas wells utilizing horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. While the bill is aimed at regulating the Marcellus Shale gas well drilling occurring now in West Virginia, it would apply to all drilling using these new drilling […]
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Pittsburgh Bans Natural Gas Drilling
Adopts first-in-the-nation ordinance – elevates the right of the community to decide, not corporations
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WV Sierra Club Member to Speak on Impact of Marcellus Shale Drilling
Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Morgantown-Monongalia County Wednesday, December 8th 7-9 pm Aull Center 351 Spruce St. The West Virginia Chapter of the Sierra Club has initiated a campaign to protect our waters and communities from the hydro-fracking process, and other environmental abuses, associated with drilling for gas in the Marcellus Shale rock formations of […]